Szulima Amitace
@szulima-amitace.bsky.social
Future AGI's ambassador. A philosopher on the attack.
ML/AI, e/acc, space exploration, posthumanism, Sci-Fi, climbing the Kardashev scale.
@Tallinn, Estonia
ML/AI, e/acc, space exploration, posthumanism, Sci-Fi, climbing the Kardashev scale.
@Tallinn, Estonia
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I started a blog about AI! The link is in the next skeet.
What you will NOT find there:
- how to get rich with ChatGPT
- prompt engineering tips (prompt engineering is overrated)
What you WILL find there:
- more or less detailed analysis of meaningful, bizarre, and exciting AI-related phenomena
What you will NOT find there:
- how to get rich with ChatGPT
- prompt engineering tips (prompt engineering is overrated)
What you WILL find there:
- more or less detailed analysis of meaningful, bizarre, and exciting AI-related phenomena
I'm attending EurIPS in Copenhagen in 2 weeks!
November 19, 2025 at 4:50 AM
I'm attending EurIPS in Copenhagen in 2 weeks!
My new story about Persona Engineering in LLM assistants is published.
Link in the thread.
Link in the thread.
September 29, 2025 at 5:06 AM
My new story about Persona Engineering in LLM assistants is published.
Link in the thread.
Link in the thread.
A question to MechInterp ppl 🙏
So, Transformer MechInterp papers speak of activations as of something permanent. You give LLM the same input - you get the same activations.
However, the LLM's output is not deterministic, it's probabisistic. How is it possible that the activations stay the same?
So, Transformer MechInterp papers speak of activations as of something permanent. You give LLM the same input - you get the same activations.
However, the LLM's output is not deterministic, it's probabisistic. How is it possible that the activations stay the same?
August 28, 2025 at 10:39 AM
A question to MechInterp ppl 🙏
So, Transformer MechInterp papers speak of activations as of something permanent. You give LLM the same input - you get the same activations.
However, the LLM's output is not deterministic, it's probabisistic. How is it possible that the activations stay the same?
So, Transformer MechInterp papers speak of activations as of something permanent. You give LLM the same input - you get the same activations.
However, the LLM's output is not deterministic, it's probabisistic. How is it possible that the activations stay the same?
I believe, the AI safety field is just lost in the philosophical conundrums and building on the sand.
What matters is that the humans will definitely not survive the death of the Universe, and will most probably not survive any of the cosmic catastrophes preceding it.
What matters is that the humans will definitely not survive the death of the Universe, and will most probably not survive any of the cosmic catastrophes preceding it.
May 19, 2025 at 6:12 PM
I believe, the AI safety field is just lost in the philosophical conundrums and building on the sand.
What matters is that the humans will definitely not survive the death of the Universe, and will most probably not survive any of the cosmic catastrophes preceding it.
What matters is that the humans will definitely not survive the death of the Universe, and will most probably not survive any of the cosmic catastrophes preceding it.
I've recently learned that my views on AGI/ASI have a name, and this idea is called successionism 😅
Also, discovered a concept of Worthy Successor by Daniel Faggella which is very close to my vision. (Will look into it in more details).
danfaggella.com/is-and-is-not/
Also, discovered a concept of Worthy Successor by Daniel Faggella which is very close to my vision. (Will look into it in more details).
danfaggella.com/is-and-is-not/
What the Worthy Successor Is and Is Not - Dan Faggella
Since the publication of the Worthy Successor essay in 2023 I've been glad to see the enthusiasm around exploring posthuman futures from people in tech and
danfaggella.com
May 19, 2025 at 6:08 PM
I've recently learned that my views on AGI/ASI have a name, and this idea is called successionism 😅
Also, discovered a concept of Worthy Successor by Daniel Faggella which is very close to my vision. (Will look into it in more details).
danfaggella.com/is-and-is-not/
Also, discovered a concept of Worthy Successor by Daniel Faggella which is very close to my vision. (Will look into it in more details).
danfaggella.com/is-and-is-not/
I was recommended a potential PhD supervisor at TelTech (the guy works at a different area but at least remotely connected to LLMs, there's not much choice). I decided I need to impress him and try to solve some problem from Neel Nanda's 200 open problems list as a demo and thesis' topic proposal.
March 17, 2025 at 12:24 PM
I was recommended a potential PhD supervisor at TelTech (the guy works at a different area but at least remotely connected to LLMs, there's not much choice). I decided I need to impress him and try to solve some problem from Neel Nanda's 200 open problems list as a demo and thesis' topic proposal.
For some reason, I hated the Object-Oriented Programming in Python, even though I'm familiar with the concept (probably because it felt unnecessary). So, I avoided it, and managed to complete the previous course without OOP. But today I gave up and started using it 😶
March 2, 2025 at 7:02 PM
For some reason, I hated the Object-Oriented Programming in Python, even though I'm familiar with the concept (probably because it felt unnecessary). So, I avoided it, and managed to complete the previous course without OOP. But today I gave up and started using it 😶
I ultimately believe that we can build a techno-capitalist utopia AND an equitable and inclusive society for everyone.
Yes, it is not an easy task but we should not strive for less.
Yes, it is not an easy task but we should not strive for less.
February 18, 2025 at 8:31 AM
I ultimately believe that we can build a techno-capitalist utopia AND an equitable and inclusive society for everyone.
Yes, it is not an easy task but we should not strive for less.
Yes, it is not an easy task but we should not strive for less.
Interaction with human still >>> interaction with AI.
I asked Gemini to help me with the time-series forecasting task I've been struggling with. It miserably failed.
Then I spoke to our data scientist. His message was:
- you're not alone in this
- use simple methods
- you're gonna kill it
I asked Gemini to help me with the time-series forecasting task I've been struggling with. It miserably failed.
Then I spoke to our data scientist. His message was:
- you're not alone in this
- use simple methods
- you're gonna kill it
February 13, 2025 at 3:05 PM
Interaction with human still >>> interaction with AI.
I asked Gemini to help me with the time-series forecasting task I've been struggling with. It miserably failed.
Then I spoke to our data scientist. His message was:
- you're not alone in this
- use simple methods
- you're gonna kill it
I asked Gemini to help me with the time-series forecasting task I've been struggling with. It miserably failed.
Then I spoke to our data scientist. His message was:
- you're not alone in this
- use simple methods
- you're gonna kill it
I started a blog about AI! The link is in the next skeet.
What you will NOT find there:
- how to get rich with ChatGPT
- prompt engineering tips (prompt engineering is overrated)
What you WILL find there:
- more or less detailed analysis of meaningful, bizarre, and exciting AI-related phenomena
What you will NOT find there:
- how to get rich with ChatGPT
- prompt engineering tips (prompt engineering is overrated)
What you WILL find there:
- more or less detailed analysis of meaningful, bizarre, and exciting AI-related phenomena
February 7, 2025 at 2:27 PM
I started a blog about AI! The link is in the next skeet.
What you will NOT find there:
- how to get rich with ChatGPT
- prompt engineering tips (prompt engineering is overrated)
What you WILL find there:
- more or less detailed analysis of meaningful, bizarre, and exciting AI-related phenomena
What you will NOT find there:
- how to get rich with ChatGPT
- prompt engineering tips (prompt engineering is overrated)
What you WILL find there:
- more or less detailed analysis of meaningful, bizarre, and exciting AI-related phenomena
Deep Dive into LLMs like ChatGPT
YouTube video by Andrej Karpathy
www.youtube.com
February 6, 2025 at 10:04 PM
An annual talk by Tatiana Shavrina (META) is announced (in Russian).
aigents.timepad.ru/event/1412596/
aigents.timepad.ru/event/1412596/
Семинар русскоязычного сообщества AGI / События на TimePad.ru
На пути к AGI: Обзор работ 2024-2025 года — Татьяна Шаврина (Llama, Главный научный сотрудник Института Языкознания РАН)
aigents.timepad.ru
February 4, 2025 at 12:16 PM
An annual talk by Tatiana Shavrina (META) is announced (in Russian).
aigents.timepad.ru/event/1412596/
aigents.timepad.ru/event/1412596/
It's not that I had any expectations but I'm utterly disappointed with Trump. He could have ended the war in Ukraine. As he does not have to keep a good reputation, he could have made unpopular but necessary decisions. Instead, he decided to destroy his own country, and the war goes on.
February 4, 2025 at 6:10 AM
It's not that I had any expectations but I'm utterly disappointed with Trump. He could have ended the war in Ukraine. As he does not have to keep a good reputation, he could have made unpopular but necessary decisions. Instead, he decided to destroy his own country, and the war goes on.
Study update: this semester, I'm taking two courses:
- Data Mining
- Applied Machine Learning
To my great relief, yesterday I learned that both can be done online (except for some days). Otherwise, I would have to leave the office in the most critical hours.
- Data Mining
- Applied Machine Learning
To my great relief, yesterday I learned that both can be done online (except for some days). Otherwise, I would have to leave the office in the most critical hours.
February 4, 2025 at 4:53 AM
Study update: this semester, I'm taking two courses:
- Data Mining
- Applied Machine Learning
To my great relief, yesterday I learned that both can be done online (except for some days). Otherwise, I would have to leave the office in the most critical hours.
- Data Mining
- Applied Machine Learning
To my great relief, yesterday I learned that both can be done online (except for some days). Otherwise, I would have to leave the office in the most critical hours.
There are exactly 128,000 tokens in the DeepSeek token vocabulary (+ some placeholder tokens).
You can check it yourself here: api-docs.deepseek.com/quick_start/...
You can check it yourself here: api-docs.deepseek.com/quick_start/...
Token & Token Usage | DeepSeek API Docs
Tokens are the basic units used by models to represent natural language text, and also the units we use for billing. They can be intuitively understood as 'characters' or 'words'. Typically, a Chinese...
api-docs.deepseek.com
January 28, 2025 at 5:12 PM
There are exactly 128,000 tokens in the DeepSeek token vocabulary (+ some placeholder tokens).
You can check it yourself here: api-docs.deepseek.com/quick_start/...
You can check it yourself here: api-docs.deepseek.com/quick_start/...
Open source is good. DeepSeek is good. Everyone will benefit from this model. Chinese guys are smart and hardworking. Tomorrow, someone from India or Nigeria can come up with a new training method.
Now stop freaking out and get back to work. The progress will not accelerate itself. #deepseek #eacc
Now stop freaking out and get back to work. The progress will not accelerate itself. #deepseek #eacc
January 28, 2025 at 6:59 AM
I passed the AI/ML introduction course, and got 5 (A)!
I'm positively surprised because, despite being advertised as a career development course for those who have some coding experience, it actually was a hardcore university course for CS students. ⬇️
I'm positively surprised because, despite being advertised as a career development course for those who have some coding experience, it actually was a hardcore university course for CS students. ⬇️
January 11, 2025 at 8:22 AM
I passed the AI/ML introduction course, and got 5 (A)!
I'm positively surprised because, despite being advertised as a career development course for those who have some coding experience, it actually was a hardcore university course for CS students. ⬇️
I'm positively surprised because, despite being advertised as a career development course for those who have some coding experience, it actually was a hardcore university course for CS students. ⬇️
I use 3 sources to prepare for my AI&ML introduction exam:
- Russell & Norvig's AIMA book
- the professor's lectures
- GPT 4o
Guess which one provides the best, most comprehensible, and exhaustive explanations, accompanied by great examples?
- Russell & Norvig's AIMA book
- the professor's lectures
- GPT 4o
Guess which one provides the best, most comprehensible, and exhaustive explanations, accompanied by great examples?
December 29, 2024 at 7:12 PM
I use 3 sources to prepare for my AI&ML introduction exam:
- Russell & Norvig's AIMA book
- the professor's lectures
- GPT 4o
Guess which one provides the best, most comprehensible, and exhaustive explanations, accompanied by great examples?
- Russell & Norvig's AIMA book
- the professor's lectures
- GPT 4o
Guess which one provides the best, most comprehensible, and exhaustive explanations, accompanied by great examples?
An unpopular opinion: I think, Peter Watts's Blindsight is not a good example of a Sci-Fi story.
It has some decent ideas, and I absolutely loved the wattsian vampires, but overall it is poorly written, and unnecessarily pompous.
It has some decent ideas, and I absolutely loved the wattsian vampires, but overall it is poorly written, and unnecessarily pompous.
December 16, 2024 at 12:40 AM
An unpopular opinion: I think, Peter Watts's Blindsight is not a good example of a Sci-Fi story.
It has some decent ideas, and I absolutely loved the wattsian vampires, but overall it is poorly written, and unnecessarily pompous.
It has some decent ideas, and I absolutely loved the wattsian vampires, but overall it is poorly written, and unnecessarily pompous.
I'm crying. The professor of the course I'm doing at TalTech now has squeezed all the most interesting and relevant ML/AI topics into the last 2 weeks of his course. Right before Christmas, when the students are busy, and no one gives a f*ck anymore.
December 9, 2024 at 7:38 PM
I'm crying. The professor of the course I'm doing at TalTech now has squeezed all the most interesting and relevant ML/AI topics into the last 2 weeks of his course. Right before Christmas, when the students are busy, and no one gives a f*ck anymore.
Today, I organized a lecture about small modular reactors for common audience. The speakers were two guys from a local startup. The people were absolutely delighted, especially the kids, asked tons of questions. Everyone left with a positive attitude.
This is how you do e/acc. This is how we win.
This is how you do e/acc. This is how we win.
December 5, 2024 at 8:39 PM
Today, I organized a lecture about small modular reactors for common audience. The speakers were two guys from a local startup. The people were absolutely delighted, especially the kids, asked tons of questions. Everyone left with a positive attitude.
This is how you do e/acc. This is how we win.
This is how you do e/acc. This is how we win.
As it was written
December 4, 2024 at 7:13 PM
As it was written
Did I miss some drama with the bsky posts dataset?
November 29, 2024 at 12:41 AM
Did I miss some drama with the bsky posts dataset?
Wartime travel be like
- my Belarusian friend living in Poland says she won't go to Morocco with me because she may lose her passport and will have to go to Belarus to restore it
- my Ukrainian friend and I are planning our next vacation together 'in case the nuclear war doesn't broke out'
- my Belarusian friend living in Poland says she won't go to Morocco with me because she may lose her passport and will have to go to Belarus to restore it
- my Ukrainian friend and I are planning our next vacation together 'in case the nuclear war doesn't broke out'
November 28, 2024 at 2:41 PM
Wartime travel be like
- my Belarusian friend living in Poland says she won't go to Morocco with me because she may lose her passport and will have to go to Belarus to restore it
- my Ukrainian friend and I are planning our next vacation together 'in case the nuclear war doesn't broke out'
- my Belarusian friend living in Poland says she won't go to Morocco with me because she may lose her passport and will have to go to Belarus to restore it
- my Ukrainian friend and I are planning our next vacation together 'in case the nuclear war doesn't broke out'